Milliner Sets 800m School Record at NCAA First Round

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Lucy Milliner delivered yet another school record performance, this time on the national stage setting the program 800m record to highlight day one of the NCAA First Round Thursday.
 
Milliner broke the program record with a time of 2:06.41, narrowly coming out ahead of the previous best set by Kelly Young in 2005 (2:06.53). The freshman came just .23 seconds away from advancing to the quarterfinals of the event on time, but now holds the UH records at both 800m and 1500m outdoors, and in the mile indoors.
 
Lilian Turban started off the day for the Rainbow Wahine in the javelin, coming in 40th with a toss of 43.30m (142-1). The Big West champion in the event will next compete in the high jump Saturday – an event in which she also took home the conference crown and was an All-American in 2023.
 
In her first appearance at an NCAA event, Helen Hoadley capped off her incredible UH career by finishing 35th in the pole vault with a mark of 4.02m (13-2.25). Hoadley ends her career as the Hawai’i record holder in the pole vault both indoors and outdoors.
 
Two Rainbow Wahine athletes will be in action Saturday at the NCAA First Round, with Tara Wyllie looking to advance to the NCAA Championships in the triple jump beginning at 9:30 a.m. HT and Turban looking to move on in the high jump starting at 10:30 a.m. HT.